Space stocks surged as Trump pledged to reach Mars… so we’re introducing the 4 Final Frontiers. X announced a Venmo-like deal with Visa… but it all comes down to the Beyonce of Banking. Royal Caribbean is up 8x since 2022… because cruises are the value meals of vacation. Plus, if you’re sick, Progressive Soup just invented the first chicken noodle cough drop… $RCL $V $RDW Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin stor...
Jan 29, 2025•23 min•Ep. 1369
One Chinese AI app, DeepSeek, just shocked the world… and the entire US tech market. Costco is swapping Pepsi for Coke in the food court… here’s how Coke’s beating Pepsi. 7% of workers have Unlimited Paid Time Off… but people only take 16 days in practice. $KO $PEP $COST Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of… Red Bull ⚡Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks to listen. “The Best Ide...
Jan 28, 2025•23 min•Ep. 1368
Kidz Bop is making $50M on cover music… not by creating, by re-creating . If you shop online too much or scroll Instagram too much, the new cure may be… Ozempic. CNN is overhauling its entire business for the Trump presidency… A media plastic surgery. Plus, guess who’s driving luxury home sales these days?... Single ladies (it’s a Beyonce Bump) $NVO $WBD $SPOT Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of… 🎸 The...
Jan 27, 2025•21 min•Ep. 1367
Trump pardoned the crypto founder of Silk Road… after launching his own Fartcoin. We’ll explain. Spotify’s CEO co-founded a body-scanning startup to save your life… and it just hit $2B. EA’s video game stock had its worst day in 17 years… because of 1 huge graphics mistake. Plus, the hot new Dry January trend is Cannabis Cocktails (replace ABV with THC). $EA $SPOT $BTC Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story o...
Jan 24, 2025•23 min•Ep. 1366
Zuck’s reportedly launching smart Oakleys this year… and a smart watch and airpods next year. PopUp Bagels is the fastest-growing bagel chain in America… and they prioritize inconvenience. “Stargate” is Sam Altman’s new $500B AI project… it would be the most expensive thing we’d ever build. Plus, the medals handed out at the Paris Olympics? They’re losing their gold. $DNUT $META $MSFT Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The...
Jan 23, 2025•22 min•Ep. 1365
The theme of Trump’s cabinet? Venture Capital guys… so we put together a LinkedIn on it. Netflix’s biggest pivot in a decade is to live sports… and we just got the results. The White House issued a record number of executive orders… Energy stocks explain ‘em all. Plus, the “5-Second Rule” of food was just proven wrong (no fallen sandwich is safe). $AMZN $AAPL $META $NFLX $SPY Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin ...
Jan 22, 2025•23 min•Ep. 1364
On Trump’s 1st day back in the White House… We’ll tell you his most important economic number. Bumble’s founder is returning as CEO… So we found the stock performance of Boomerang CEOs. Gmail and Microsoft are forcing everyone to buy their AI… because AI has an innovator problem. Plus, Jimi Hendrix once lit a guitar on fire… and it became the best-selling guitar of all-time: The Fender Stratocaster. $BMBL $GOOG $MSFT Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin...
Jan 21, 2025•21 min•Ep. 1363
TikTok is scheduled to shut down Sunday morning… but there are still 3 possible outcomes. The Bourbon Bubble just burst, so we have a solution for Jack Daniels… Whiskey World. For the next 4 years, business leaders will speak different… and we see it in Anduril, a drone startup. Plus, Chick-fil-A just built an entire factory of robots with one purpose… Lemonade. $BF $STZ $META Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin...
Jan 17, 2025•23 min•Ep. 1362
From Pop-Tarts to Peeps, Red #3 artificial food coloring is now banned… 40 years too late. JPMorgan just had its best quarter in 200 years… so it’s time to kill the most hated fee in banking. There’s a hot new side-hustle that can make you $30k/year… Job Referrals as a service. Plus, male and female Instacart shoppers pick out food differently… so should you be able to choose the gender? $KO $GIS $K $JPM $CART Want more? Check out the latest episode of our weekly deep dive show, The Best One Yet...
Jan 16, 2025•23 min•Ep. 1361
Starbucks’ is trying to save “the 3rd place”... by ending their open doors bathroom policy. Greedy LA landlords are jacking up rents 100%... but there could be a housing market silver lining. Planet Fitness stock hit an all-time high… but its greatest risk is “a run on the gym”. Plus, Philadelphia Eagles WR AJ Brown read a book during a playoff game… now it’s #1 on Amazon. $SBUX $PLNT Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untol...
Jan 15, 2025•23 min•Ep. 1360
TikTok will be banned in 5 days… but its replacement is Whatnot: It’s Instagram + eBay + MTV. Sonos is known for its fancy sounds systems… but the CEO just quit because of 1 big mistake. Nvidia chips have export restrictions… because in the AI arms race, chips are the new uranium. Plus, the #1 candy in America was invented by a frog salesman… It’s Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, and it’s the next episode of our weekly deepdive show The Best Idea Yet 🥜 $SONO $NVDA $META To hear more on Reese’s PB cu...
Jan 14, 2025•23 min•Ep. 1359
Chuck E. Cheese is back from bankruptcy… with a brand new babysitter strategy. Pools, massages, bars… Offices are getting “hotelified” for the 2025 Return-to-Office push. Disney, Fox, and Warner’s joint sports app, Venu, just shut down… and the NBA tells us why. Plus, it’s Planuary… Our New Year’s resolution is to plan the whole year this month (we’ll tell ya how). $FUN $DIS $WBD Subscribe to our new (2nd) show… The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks Episodes drop weekly. It’s T...
Jan 13, 2025•22 min•Ep. 1358
The #1 in the whole App Store is Watch Duty… a hero saving lives in LA’s wildfires. Rolls-Royce now sells 100% top-to-bottom custom cars… it’s commissioned art, like Picasso. 17% of Christmas gifts get returned… so we invented a solution: “Reverse Logistics” This Sunday is the biggest day of the year for dating apps… Swiping is about to surge 70%. $BMWKY $AAPL $LULU Want more? Check out the latest episode of our weekly deep dive show, The Best One Yet. This week’s episode is on The Oregon Trail:...
Jan 10, 2025•22 min•Ep. 1357
Trump proposed buying Greenland… so we looked into how/if/when it’s possible. John Deere’s big tech update at CES?... a robo-self-driving tractor to cut your grocery bill. Starface has become a $100M startup… by putting star stickers on pimples. Plus, we’re living in the Panda-conomy… because when Pandas are out, sales surge. $DEER $NVDA $SPY Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: “The Best Idea Yet”: The untold origin stories of th...
Jan 09, 2025•23 min•Ep. 1356
Mark Zuckerberg is ending fact-checking on Instagram & Facebook… because Trump won the election. The Surgeon General said alcohol causes cancer… Will a liquor warning label work? Tiger and Rory’s new golf league just launched… But it’s designed for screens, not greens. Plus, the hot new beauty trend of 2025 is egg whites… Frittata Facials are up 1,500,000%. $BUD $BF $META —----------------------------------------------------- Subscribe to our new (2nd) show… The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/The...
Jan 08, 2025•22 min•Ep. 1355
The biggest strike in ski history hit during the busiest ski week of the year… and Vail lost $400M. A brand new generation is being born in 2025: Gen Beta… And we found its 1 defining trait. NYC launched America’s largest traffic experiment: Congestion Pricing… And every city is watching. $MTN $SPY $BTC Want more? Check out the latest episode of our weekly deep dive show, The Best One Yet. This week’s episode is on The Oregon Trail: “Tricking Kids Into Liking School Since 1971” 🐂 Subscribe at W...
Jan 07, 2025•23 min•Ep. 1354
#1. Apple iTush — Apple will launch a smart toilet (aka “iTush”) to expand its push into health. #2. Disney Airlines — Disney will acquire Spirit Airlines to bring its cruise strategy to the skies. #3. Home Depot Homes — Home Depot will sell mail-order homes to fix the housing market. To kick off 2025, we whipped up our 6th annual “3 big business wishes” for the coming year. These aren’t just predictions, they’re wild wishes that if you think about it, make a ton of sense. Predictions sprinkled ...
Jan 06, 2025•23 min•Ep. 1353
Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet here: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/ Episodes drop every Tuesday, free to listen to wherever you get your pods. Break out the bubbly, turn on the jets, and hop into our Hot Tub Time Machine: we’re going back to the origins of the Jacuzzi. The world’s most iconic whirlpool has become a symbol of status and luxury—think Scarface’s bathtub. But its roots are humble, starting with a family of seven Italian immigrant brothers. Over three generations, they ...
Jan 02, 2025•47 min•Ep. 1352
Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet here: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/ Episodes drop every Tuesday, free to listen to wherever you get your pods. It’s simply the most popular sneaker in history. With $7B in annual sales today, Nike and Michael Jordan’s shoe deal changed sports, fashion and marketing forever - But it never would’ve happened without skilled negotiating by MJ’s Mom. Originally banned by the NBA, Air Jordans have sold hundreds of millions of pairs, made Michael Jordan wor...
Dec 30, 2024•48 min•Ep. 1351
#1. Wells Fargo launched a credit card you can pay rent with… but they underestimated how Savvy Millennials would use it. (6/24/2024) #2. An Olympic gold medal winner has a day job — as an investment banker… so we’ll tell you the secret to a successful side hustle. (8/7/2024) #3. Legendary Wall Street investor Larry Fink wrote a whole letter about DINKs… so we need to talk about your retirement plan already. (3/27/2024) Share this episode with your financially savviest buddy… actually, send it t...
Dec 27, 2024•22 min•Ep. 1350
(Warning: You’re gonna need 8 napkins for this episode): #1. Haribo Gummy Bears is now the biggest candy business on earth… because it’s done the same thing for 100 years. (1/22/2024) #2. The hot new IPO this year? It’s Bubble Tea… Boba tea chains are IPO’ing for billions, but Bubble Tea may face a Bubble Tea Bubble. (5/6/2024) #3. While all the other food chains struggled this year, one didn’t: Shake Shack… The $10 Shackburger proves perception overpowers prices. (8/5/2024) Share this episode w...
Dec 26, 2024•24 min•Ep. 1349
(Tom Cruise jumped on a chair when he heard this episode): #1. Netflix just gave itself the biggest Christmas gift of all… NFL football on Christmas Day. (5/17/2024) #2. Sabrina Carpenter dropped 7 versions of the same song… because the music industry took a strategy from the ice cream industry. (7/22/2024) #3. The fastest-growing genre in books is “Romantasy”... Romantic Fantasies are driving book sales with pixie dust. (7/15/2024) Share this episode with your buddy in LA… or DM it to Oprah. We...
Dec 24, 2024•21 min•Ep. 1348
(ChatGPT says these are the best AI stories in the whole business news industry): #1. Every dating app stock is down this year except for 1: Grindr… because Wall Street fell in love with Grindr’s AI wingman. (7/1/2024) #2. Scarlett Johansson lawyered up after OpenAI tried to rip-off her voice… it’s move fast and break things all over again. (5/22/2024) #3. We found a social network with zero humans — but billions of bots… Because on SocialAI, you have 1M followers, but none are real. (9/20/2024)...
Dec 23, 2024•20 min•Ep. 1347
The stock market just had its worst week of 2024… we explain what determines stocks in 2025. Bud Light just fell to #3 in beer sales… but it’s all part of Budweiser’s sibling strategy. “Klaus Industries” (yeah, Santa’s company) just became a $12T business… so we visited the North Pole HQ. Plus, our Annual Shareholder Report for TBOY… from Co-CEOs Nick & Jack. $SNTA $SLED $COAL $BUD $SPY Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show, “Th...
Dec 20, 2024•27 min•Ep. 1346
Americans are sick of tips, but Holiday tipping is universally loved… so we share our holiday tip rules. Databricks’ just had the biggest startup fundraise ever… because they put AI in baseball. Nissan & Honda may be merging… because the world’s biggest carbuyer stopped buying. Plus, we present “The 12 Days of Dupe-mas”. And we called the brand new AI phone number: 1-800-CHAT-GPT Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold...
Dec 19, 2024•23 min•Ep. 1345
A stegosaurus skeleton is going public today… so we jumped into the 1st ever Dino IPO stock. Mattel’s Hot Wheels sales are up 14%, selling 700M… because Hot Wheels defied inflation. Broadcom is the new Nvidia… so we need to discuss the new “BATMMAAN” stocks of tech. Plus, birch? Maple? Spruce? There is a hierarchy to firewood… so startups are cashing in. $MAT $AVGO $STEG What was your favorite TBOY story of 2024? Tell us on instagram @tboypod —----------------------------------------------...
Dec 18, 2024•23 min•Ep. 1344
Crumbl Cookies have reached all 50 states with a new biz model… B2A: Business-to-Algorithm. There’s a drone mystery in the New Jersey skies… So we found 3 drone stocks surging. Waymo just passed Lyft for the 1st time ever in a ride-hail market… because money is a moat. Plus, PEZ candy was actually inspired by cigarettes… and that wild story is the latest episode of our weekly show, The Best Idea Yet. 🍬Pez: The Cigarette-Inspired Candy. Subscribe to our new (2nd) show here: Wondery.fm/TheBestIde...
Dec 17, 2024•23 min•Ep. 1343
Ralph Lauren is the shining star of American luxury… because they traded out logos. Hot Ones, the chicken wing interview show, sold for $82M… it’s a changing of the guard in media. And Marriott just acquired a chain of glamping cabins… because the mountains are calling, and I must invest. Plus, holiday office parties are going away. Frank from Finance is devastated. $RL $BZFD $MAR Subscribe to our new (2nd) show… The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks Episodes drop weekly. It’s The Be...
Dec 16, 2024•22 min•Ep. 1342
Chess has a new World Champ… but traditional chess is getting disrupted by rando chess. Netflix’s legendary unlimited parental leave policy is under pressure… so we calculated the ROI. Time just named AMD’s Lisa Su CEO of the year… because she has 1 incredible hero metric. Plus, Taco Bell just opened Taco Bar… They call it a cafe, but we see a night club. $AMD $NFLX $SPY Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story...
Dec 13, 2024•21 min•Ep. 1341
The fastest-growing coffee chain in New York is Matto… because the $3 latte has a secret. The UnitedHealthcare CEO killer has been charged with murder… but it also revealed pent up frustration with healthcare. Louis Vuitton just acquired the Orient Express… because luxury trains are the new luxury shirts. Plus, toss away that gingerbread house - Charcuterie Chalets are what santa’s digging right now. $SBUX $LVMUY $UNH Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our n...
Dec 12, 2024•22 min•Ep. 1340
